Environmental education in the control of aedes aegypti prevention
An Approach to Biological Science Undergraduates in the Municipality of Santana do Ipanema – Alagoas
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.51473/rcmos.v1i9.2021.140Keywords:
Dengue, Graduates, PerceptionAbstract
The main focus of this study is to analyze whether there is an approach to the theme of Aedes Aegypti control in the discipline of environmental education in the municipality of Santana do Ipanema, from the biological sciences course, with the main objective to know environmental education actions related to public health and quality of life practiced, as alternatives in the control of the prevention of Aedes aegypt of undergraduate students in biological sciences at the State University of Alagoas, in Santana do Ipanema. The present research justified why in Brazil, dengue is a disease that causes more than 20 thousand deaths for every 550,000 hospitalized due to dengue. While the state of Alagoas is present in states with higher rates of dengue cases. The present study consists of exploratory and descriptive research. The results show that the students believe that Environmental Education-EE is important for the control of Aedes aegypt, but that only 11% had the problem discussed in the EE subject and suggests several actions for the municipality of Santana do Ipanema to fight Aedes aegypt.